' Join a variable number of binary files into a single file'' Params:' - resultFile: the complete path of the result file you want to create' - sourceFiles: the sequence of files whose content will be joined together'' Example:' JoinBinaryFiles("D:Test.bin", "D:Source1.bin", "D:Source2.bin",' "D:Source3.bin")Sub JoinBinaryFiles(ByVal resultFile As String, ByVal ParamArray sourceFiles() _ As String) ' if the result file already exists, delete it If System.IO.File.Exists(resultFile) Then System.IO.File.Delete(resultFile) End If ' create the destination file and open it in write mode Dim fsw As New System.IO.FileStream(resultFile, _ System.IO.FileMode.CreateNew) Dim writer As New System.IO.BinaryWriter(fsw) ' open each input file in read mode, and copy its content to the ' destination file Dim fpath As String For Each fpath In sourceFiles Dim fsr As System.IO.FileStream Dim reader As System.IO.BinaryReader Try ' create the reader for this file fsr = New System.IO.FileStream(fpath, System.IO.FileMode.Open, _ System.IO.FileAccess.Read) reader = New System.IO.BinaryReader(fsr) ' read the binary content and write it to the destination file writer.Write(reader.ReadBytes(fsr.Length)) Catch e As Exception ' if there is an exception, close the writer and re-throw the ' exception ' so that the routines terminates. The reader is closed in the ' Finally block below writer.Close() fsw.Close() Throw e Finally If Not reader Is Nothing Then reader.Close() fsr.Close() End If End Try Next ' close the writer writer.Close() fsw.Close()End Sub


GM Creates Open Source uProtocol and Invites Automakers to Adopt It: Revolutionizing Automotive Software Development.
General Motors (GM) recently announced its entry into the Eclipse Foundation. The Eclipse Foundation is a prominent open-source software foundation. In addition, GMC announced its contribution of “uProtocol” to facilitate